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Fun Facts and Unexpected Stories About Artists and the Art World

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

Did you know Maurizio Cattelan has worked as a morgue assistant, or that Annie Leibovitz created an album cover for Cyndi Lauper?

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What Artists Cook Up in Their Kitchens

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford November 7, 2021November 5, 2021

It turns out that making a dish and making a work of art have a fair amount in common.

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A Century of Women Designers Who Helped Shape Our Lives

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford November 1, 2021November 2, 2021

Jane Hall surveys a century of women’s contributions to design, exploring the ways they have shaped life not only in our homes and workplaces, but in society at large.

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Catherine Opie on Her First Monograph, “a Map of My Mind”

Avatar photo by Anne Wallentine July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

For Opie, photographing is about “understanding what it is to be inclusive.”

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A Weird and Wonderful History of Design Patents

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

Patented by Thomas Rinaldi is an illustrated journey through more than a century of American trends and technologies.

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Guerrilla Girls Canceled Phaidon Book Deal Over Ties to Leon Black, Jeffrey Epstein Associate

by Hakim Bishara February 1, 2021February 16, 2021

The activist group renewed its calls for Black’s resignation from the MoMA board and shared that it canceled the deal after realizing the art publisher is owned by Black.

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The Meanings of Minimalist Memorials

by David Carrier October 24, 2020November 5, 2020

Monuments are built only when the political struggle they commemorate has been definitively won.

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A New Book on Women Artists Is Welcome, But Uneven

Avatar photo by Bridget Quinn November 20, 2019June 18, 2020

The title of Great Women Artists is complete with a strikethrough across “women,” to indicate that the artists within are “great artists” regardless of gender. Visually, it’s arresting, but its intention is murky.

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A Chronicle of 100 Contemporary Artists Who Use Textiles

Avatar photo by Lizzy Vartanian Collier July 8, 2019June 14, 2022

With artists spanning all corners of the globe, Vitamin T is a timely contribution to dismantling the division between art and craft.

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In North Korea, the Graphic Design of Everyday Objects Promotes National Identity

by Claire Voon November 3, 2017November 3, 2017

Selections from a frequent visitor’s personal collection highlight a “golden age” of North Korean graphic design.

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“Ornament Is Crime:” A Visual Manifesto for the Modernist Home

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 18, 2017

Ornament is Crime is a visual compendium of the Modernist home, from early 1900s designs to contemporary structures carrying the austere style into the 21st century.

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Remixing Six Centuries of Iconic Graphic Designs

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 26, 2017April 26, 2017

In a new book, Phaidon considers the unexpected and deliberate connections between 500 of our most recognizable images.

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